Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2015
Red Flag Warning 6, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Apr 5, 2015, 4:33 PM CDT for 18 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 6, 2015, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 5, 2015, 4:33 PM CDT (21:33 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 6, 2015, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Clark County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Ness County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 74 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2107 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 387 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 411 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
643 WWUS83 KDDC 052133 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 433 PM CDT SUN APR 5 2015 ...CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON... .RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 15 PERCENT AND WIND GUSTS EXCEEDING 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON. KSZ030-043>045-061>064-074>078-084>088-060545- /O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0006.150406T1800Z-150407T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0006.150406T1800Z-150407T0000Z/ TREGO-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-STANTON- GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- 433 PM CDT SUN APR 5 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ MONDAY FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 030...043...044...045...061...062...063...064... 074...075...076...077...078...084...085...086...087 AND 088... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ MONDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 030 TREGO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 SCOTT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 LANE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 NESS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 061 HAMILTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 062 KEARNY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 063 FINNEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 064 HODGEMAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 074 STANTON... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 075 GRANT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 076 HASKELL... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 077 GRAY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 078 FORD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 084 MORTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 STEVENS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 086 SEWARD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 087 MEADE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 088 CLARK. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 6 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S. * TIMING... 1 PM CDT MONDAY THROUGH 7 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP MAY SPREAD QUICKLY AND BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC (ALL LOWER CASE)
3 follow-up statements
125 WWUS83 KDDC 060956 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 456 AM CDT MON APR 6 2015 ...CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... .WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS FALLING BELOW 15 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GUST TO AROUND 25 TO 30 MPH. THIS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. KSZ030-043>045-061>064-074>078-084>088-070000- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0006.150406T1800Z-150407T0000Z/ TREGO-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-STANTON- GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- 456 AM CDT MON APR 6 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 030...043...044...045... 061...062...063...064...074...075...076...077...078...084...085... 086...087 AND 088... * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 030 TREGO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 SCOTT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 LANE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 NESS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 061 HAMILTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 062 KEARNY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 063 FINNEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 064 HODGEMAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 074 STANTON... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 075 GRANT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 076 HASKELL... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 077 GRAY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 078 FORD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 084 MORTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 STEVENS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 086 SEWARD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 087 MEADE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 088 CLARK. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 7 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S. * TIMING... 1 PM CDT MONDAY THROUGH 7 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP MAY SPREAD QUICKLY AND BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC (ALL LOWER CASE)
919 WWUS83 KDDC 061836 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 136 PM CDT MON APR 6 2015 ...CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY... .WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS FALLING BELOW 15 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GUST TO AROUND 25 TO 30 MPH. THIS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. FURTHER, CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL EXIST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING AS LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO EXIST. KSZ061>063-074>078-084>088-070300- /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.A.0007.150408T1800Z-150409T0200Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-150407T0000Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON- STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- 136 PM CDT MON APR 6 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 030...043...044...045...061...062...063...064...074...075... 076...077...078...084...085...086...087 AND 088... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062...063...074...075...076...077...078...084...085... 086...087 AND 088... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 061 HAMILTON... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 062 KEARNY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 063 FINNEY... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 074 STANTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 075 GRANT... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 076 HASKELL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 077 GRAY... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 078 FORD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 084 MORTON... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 STEVENS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 086 SEWARD... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 087 MEADE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 088 CLARK. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 6 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE 80S. * TIMING... THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP MAY SPREAD QUICKLY AND BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ KSZ030-043>045-064-070000- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-150407T0000Z/ TREGO-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HODGEMAN- 136 PM CDT MON APR 6 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 030... 043...044...045...061...062...063...064...074...075...076...077... 078...084...085...086...087 AND 088... * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 030 TREGO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 SCOTT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 LANE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 NESS AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 064 HODGEMAN. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 8 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 80. * TIMING... THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH 7 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP MAY SPREAD QUICKLY AND BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ KSZ080-081-089-090-070300- /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.A.0007.150408T1800Z-150409T0200Z/ KIOWA-PRATT-COMANCHE-BARBER- 136 PM CDT MON APR 6 2015 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 080...081...089 AND 090... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 080 KIOWA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 081 PRATT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 089 COMANCHE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 090 BARBER. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE 80S. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP MAY SPREAD QUICKLY AND BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC (ALL LOWER CASE)
562 WWUS83 KDDC 062334 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 634 PM CDT MON APR 6 2015 ...CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY... .CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL EXIST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING AS LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO EXIST. KSZ061>063-074>078-084>088-071200- /O.EXP.KDDC.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-150407T0000Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.FW.A.0007.150408T1800Z-150409T0200Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON- STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- 634 PM CDT MON APR 6 2015 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062...063...074...075...076...077... 078...084...085...086...087 AND 088... ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062...063...074...075...076...077...078...084...085...086... 087 AND 088... * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 061 HAMILTON... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 062 KEARNY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 063 FINNEY... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 074 STANTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 075 GRANT... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 076 HASKELL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 077 GRAY... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 078 FORD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 084 MORTON... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 STEVENS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 086 SEWARD... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 087 MEADE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 088 CLARK. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5 TO 10 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE 70S AND 80S. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP MAY SPREAD QUICKLY AND BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ KSZ030-043>045-064-070045- /O.EXP.KDDC.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-150407T0000Z/ TREGO-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HODGEMAN- 634 PM CDT MON APR 6 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 030...043... 044...045 AND 064... $$ KSZ080-081-089-090-071200- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.A.0007.150408T1800Z-150409T0200Z/ KIOWA-PRATT-COMANCHE-BARBER- 634 PM CDT MON APR 6 2015 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 080...081...089 AND 090... * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 080 KIOWA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 081 PRATT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 089 COMANCHE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 090 BARBER. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5 TO 10 PERCENT * TEMPERATURES...IN THE 70S AND 80S. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP MAY SPREAD QUICKLY AND BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC (ALL LOWER CASE)
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 3:05 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | Clark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 12 more | 13 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Kansas, 2015Every red flag warning in 2015
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.